Saturday, 27 October 2012

Speaking about the US presidential debates on Tuesday night, Vincent
Browne lamented the lack of discussion of American support for Israel.
“Israel is the cancer in foreign affairs,” he said, adding: “It’s a
massive injustice — they stole the land from the Arabs.”
The comments were made on Mr Browne’s show on Ireland’s TV3 channel, Tonight with Vincent Browne.
Defending his remarks, Mr Browne said that by calling Israel a cancer
“I didn’t mean it should be eliminated. It was an infelicitous use of
the word.

They stole the land from the Arabs

“The
reality is the Israeli state was founded by confiscation of land
previously occupied by Arabs. That injustice is at the centre of the
conflict.”
Israel’s deputy ambassador to Ireland Nurit Tinari-Modai said: “My
grandparents were brutally murdered on European soil during the
Holocaust. I would have never believed that the day would come when a
presenter on Irish TV station would make racist, antisemitic remarks,”
she claimed.
“We today received phone calls and emails from outraged Irish people
who intend to complain about Mr. Brown’s ongoing hateful comments
towards the Jewish people and the Jewish state.”
Ms Tinari-Modai said that the embassy had approached TV3 and offered a
pro-Israeli guest to appear on Tuesday’s show “but regrettably the
show declined.”
Responding to the deputy ambassador’s criticism, Mr Browne insisted: “I’m not antisemitic and will not be blackmailed.
“We have said we will accommodate that person in the near future.”

1 comMENTS:

I hate those people who “call and send emails (...)to complain about Mr. Brown’s ongoing hateful comments towards the Jewish people and the Jewish state.” It's plain stupid, he wasn't being racist, he was being realistic!Plus im sure that in the case that it had been a jweish who had said anythign racist against White people,the jewish community wouldn't have complained.Thanks for all the news you post every day. This deserves so many more views and comments